We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …

We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …

We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …

We present direct evidence on the link between children’s patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …

We use a unique data set about the wage distribution that Swiss students expect for themselves ex ante, deriving … which handicapped the use of actual market wage dispersion as risk measure in earlier studies. Students in our sample … risk as expected by students we find compensation at similar elasticities as observed in market data. The results are …

As Switzerland experiences a severe shortage of nurses, this paper investigates the impact of students' ex ante wage …. This suggests that policies that increase returns from studying nursing can attract students to nursing. In addition, the …

Given a severe nurse shortage in Switzerland, this paper investigates Swiss students choice for nursing college … suggests a role for policies that increase returns from studying nursing to attract students to nursing. In addition, the …